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1 1 Section 1. Section 256.20, unnumbered paragraph 4, Code
1 2 2003, is amended by striking the unnumbered paragraph and
1 3 inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 4 There shall be appropriated annually from the general fund
1 5 of the state to the department of management an amount
1 6 sufficient to fund the costs of pilot projects under this
1 7 section. The state board of education shall notify the
1 8 department of management of the amounts to be paid to each
1 9 school district with an approved pilot project. Amounts
1 10 received pursuant to this section by a school district shall
1 11 be considered miscellaneous income.
1 12 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 13 the following new subsection:
1 14 NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. YEAR AROUND SCHOOLS. In order to
1 15 provide additional funding to school districts submitting an
1 16 approved application for participation in a year around school
1 17 pilot project pursuant to section 256.20, a supplementary
1 18 weighting plan for determining enrollment is adopted. A pupil
1 19 attending a year around school shall be assigned a weighting
1 20 of one and two-tenths, which shall be applicable for pupils
1 21 attending year around school pursuant to pilot projects
1 22 implemented beginning in the school budget year commencing
1 23 July 1, 2004, and succeeding budget years.
1 24 Sec. 3. Section 257.11, subsection 7, Code 2003, is
1 25 amended to read as follows:
1 26 7. PUPILS INELIGIBLE. A pupil eligible for the weighting
1 27 plan provided in section 256B.9 is not eligible for
1 28 supplementary weighting pursuant to this section. A pupil
1 29 attending an alternative program or an at-risk pupils'
1 30 program, including alternative high school programs, or
1 31 attending a year around school pursuant to a pilot project
1 32 established under section 256.20, is not eligible for
1 33 supplementary weighting under subsection 2.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill provides financial incentives to encourage school
2 1 district participation in a year around school pilot project.
2 2 The bill provides that as an incentive to participate,
2 3 pupils attending school in a school district which
2 4 participates in a pilot project to establish a year around
2 5 school pursuant to Code section 256.20 shall be assigned a
2 6 weighting of one and two-tenths. The supplementary weighting
2 7 shall be granted for pilot projects beginning with the school
2 8 budget year commencing July 1, 2004. The bill provides that a
2 9 school district receiving supplementary weighting for a year
2 10 around school pilot project shall not also be eligible for
2 11 supplementary weighting for sharing programs pursuant to Code
2 12 section 257.11, subsection 2.
2 13 The bill provides for a standing unlimited appropriation
2 14 from the general fund of the state to the department of
2 15 education in an amount sufficient to fund the costs of year
2 16 around school pilot projects to assist school districts in
2 17 implementing the projects. The bill provides that the state
2 18 board of education shall notify the department of management
2 19 of the amounts to be paid to each school district with an
2 20 approved pilot project. The bill provides that amounts
2 21 received by a school district participating in the pilot
2 22 project pursuant to this appropriation shall be miscellaneous
2 23 income.
2 24 LSB 1079XS 80
2 25 rn/pj/5
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